YouTube blocked channels for Pokemon Go thinking it contained child porn
Alerts were sent out to blocked channels stating that the channels were posting “sexual content.” character.” These channels include:
— Mystic7 – 1.7 million subscribers.
— Trainer Tips – 836 thousand subscribers.
The reason What happened was the built-in algorithm for removing unwanted content in YouTube. He misunderstood the abbreviation “CP”, which is used in almost every Pokemon Go video.
In the game, this abbreviation stands for “Combat power“(Combat power). YouTube considered it shorthand for the phrase “Child Porn“(child pornography).
The creators of these channels filed appeals and their channels have already been unblocked. But at the same time, it is not clear how many channels suffered and were not unblocked due to such errors in the YouTube algorithm.